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George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812 – 26 July 1884) was a British naturalist, 
He died on 26 July 1884 and is buried on the west side of
illustrator
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, and conchologist
Conchology () is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includ ...
. Together with his father, George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Life
He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his ...
, he published the ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum'' and other illustrated works on mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s. He was an elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society
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on 7 May 1844. He was the father of George Brettingham Sowerby III
George Brettingham Sowerby III (16 September 1843 – 31 January 1921) was a British conchologist, publisher, and illustrator.
He, too, worked (like his father George Brettingham Sowerby II and his grandfather George Brettingham Sowerby I) on the ...
, also a malacologist
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...
.
He died on 26 July 1884 and is buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East Cemeteries. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there as ...
with his father George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Life
He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his ...
and sister Charlotte Caroline Sowerby.
See also
*Sowerby family
The Sowerby family () was a British family of several generations of naturalists, illustrators, botanists, and zoologists active from the late 18th century to the mid twentieth century.
*James Sowerby (1757–1822)
**James De Carle Sowerby (178 ...
References
* H. Crosse & P. Fischer, 1885. ''Nécrologie''. Journal de Conchyliologie 33(1): 80. * K. v. W. Palmer, 1965. ''Who were the Sowerbys?'' American Malacological Union, Annual Reports for 1964: 5–6. * J. Collins, 1973. ''The Sowerby family''. J. S. London: Seaton & Co., 22 pp * Petit R.E. (2009) ''George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa''. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.External links
* 1812 births 1884 deaths British zoologists Conchologists Burials at Highgate Cemetery {{UK-artist-stub